I would like to give a round of applause to Harry Reid,

[pnwmom]

who's been the right man in the right place through all of this.

[onenote]

1. And to his staff.

I'm personally acquainted with some of them, and you have no idea what they've been going through the last few weeks and, in particular, the last couple of days.

[pnwmom]

4. Yes! They must be exhausted after all this -- but gratified. n/t

[randome]

2. He's a fricking machine! (And I mean that in a good way.)

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]

[Warpy]

3. He very wisely backed the President on this one.

When Obama dug in his heels and told them no, so did Reid. It's the smartest thing both of them could have done.

It helped that Cruz has made deadly enemies of most of his party in both houses.

[monmouth3]

5. We need to send a note to his office, thanking him..n/t